by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
California Institute of Technology was awarded 374 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is geochemistry.
College Factual ranked Caltech as #28 out of 2,241 colleges and universities in the country on its 2023 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation.
Caltech also holds the #5 spot on the Best Colleges in California ranking.
See all of the rankings for California Institute of Technology.
California Institute of Technology has a very low acceptance rate of 7%, making it one of the most selective out of all the colleges and universities in the nation. It's probably a good idea to apply to other schools in addition to Caltech just in case you don't make the cut.
About 45% of students accepted to Caltech submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 740 and 780. Math scores were between 790 and 800.
Learn more about California Institute of Technology admissions.
At Caltech, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 3 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at California Institute of Technology is 94%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 94% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like California Institute of Technology enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Caltech for first-time, full-time students is 81%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at California Institute of Technology.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 901 full-time undergraduates at Caltech.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Caltech, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Caltech, approximately 21% of students took out student loans averaging $5,059 a year. That adds up to $20,236 over four years for those students.
Get more details about paying for California Institute of Technology.
See which majors at California Institute of Technology make the most money.
Get more details about the location of California Institute of Technology.
Contact details for Caltech are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125 |
| Phone: | 626-395-6811 |
| Website: | www.caltech.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/californiainstituteoftechnology |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/caltech |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 83 | $129,693 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 26 | NA |
| Physics | 23 | NA |
| Mathematics | 15 | NA |
| Electrical Engineering | 14 | NA |
| Biomedical Engineering | 10 | NA |
| Chemical Engineering | 10 | NA |
| Chemistry | 9 | NA |
| General Biology | 9 | NA |
| Applied Mathematics | 7 | NA |
Learn more about online learning at California Institute of Technology.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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